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(18 Jul 2006)
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1. Wide of Amir Peretz, Israeli Defence Minister talking to soldiers at army base
2. Medium of Peretz
3. Various of Peretz meeting soldiers in army base with missiles and jet fighter plane
4. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Amir Peretz, Israeli Defence Minister:
"We intend to continue the operation and to reach the goal we defined for ourselves. They will be achieved. It is one of the military operations that undoubtedly will define the future of the state of Israel, it's civilians capabilities, we intend to win."
5. Medium of Peretz with army official
6. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Amir Peretz, Israeli Defence Minister:
"The international support, which we enjoy, is unprecedented and as long as we will execute this operation which is focused on changing the reality for the Israeli home front, I am confident that we will continue to enjoy this international support, our time watch depends on bringing in change."
7. Tilt-down from jet fighter plane to Peretz talking to soldiers
8. Various of Peretz in army base
STORYLINE:
The Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz visited an army base in northern Israel on Monday and told the soldiers there that "we intend to win," as the country's ferocious bombardment of Lebanon entered its seventh day.
Peretz met soldiers and was given a tour of the army base as well as offering his encouragement.
"We intend to continue the operation and to reach the goal we defined for ourselves. They will be achieved. It is one of the military operations that undoubtedly will define the future of the state of Israel, it's civilians capabilities, we intend to win," said Peretz.
An opinion poll published in an Israeli newspaper on Tuesday showed that nearly nine out of 10 Israelis say the army's week-old operation against Hezbollah is justified and nearly 60 percent say Israel should fight until the Lebanese guerrilla group is destroyed.
The Dahaf poll found that 81 percent of Israelis want the military campaign to continue. Another 78 percent of Israelis are satisfied with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's functioning.
In a surprising statistic, 72 percent said they backed Defence Minister Amir Peretz, whose posting to head the military raised eyebrows just a few months ago.
Peretz, formerly a populist union leader, was considered by many not to have the military experience necessary to oversee the army.
The poll of 513 Israelis taken Monday was the first since Israel launched an offensive against Hezbollah on
Wednesday. The poll has an error margin of 4.2 percentage points.
Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets at northern Israeli towns from the Lebanese border - while Israel has engaged in a mainly aerial campaign.
Israeli-Hezbollah fighting began last week after the Lebanese guerrilla group killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two others in a cross-border raid on a military patrol on 12 July.
By early Tuesday morning, nearly 230 Lebanese had been reported killed in the seven days of the bloody Israeli offensive, mainly civilians, and at least 24 Israelis have been killed so far.

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